Chats With Susan Burrell

Ep# 291 - Rays of Hope - An Interview with author, Hope Ives Mauran   Hope Ives Mauran joins me for the latest episode of Empowering Chats. Hope is the author of “Love’s New Earth: Awakening to our Collective True Nature as Love." As I began this interview, I could feel all of my inner circuits on fire. I was tingling all over. Her book is all about bringing Love to the New Earth. I began by asking Hope to explain what the New Earth means to her? She explained it like this: It is a higher frequency Earth. An Earth where humanity is standing in an awareness of knowing who they are beyond the body. As consciousness itself. And Community, Compassion, Kindness are some of our primary values. The book begins with the awareness that we exist in a field of love. It is there for us always. And it is there to support us and remind us that Love is always the way. Hope also includes a section in the book about "The Rays of Hope," which are here to help anchor the new Earth. This particular section has a listing of teach

EP #290 - Unshakably Well - An Interview with author and psychotherapist, Rachel Kaplan   I truly love my job. I get to meet so many interesting and fascinating people.  I am thrilled to welcome Rachel Kaplan to Empowering Chats. Rachel is a psychotherapist and the author of “Feel, Heal & Let That Shit Go.” At the tender age of 14 Rachel experienced great trauma when the boy she fell in love with took his life. In her words, she became dead inside and did not know how to process her grief and trauma so she shifted into her very active brain, ignoring her emotions. Then at the age of 16 she started therapy but did not reach full -fledged healing until she reached 18. That is when she knew she wanted to be a therapist. It took her until she hit 37 before she felt like her baseline of self-love was enough. And this was after she had already been a therapist for 10 years. Rachel wrote this book in order to help others work through the necessary pieces that can make the difference between compensating for thei

EP #289 - Radical Innovation - A Solo Show with your Host, Susan Burrell This month’s theme is Innovation, which means to introduce something new / make changes in something established. Through the chaos of what is occurring in the world around us I believe we are being introduced to something new. We are being asked to listen to what else is out there and we are being challenged by what has been established. I believe this is all happening for a reason. We need to pay attention because through this heightened awareness we are being called to align to a higher frequency. So ask you, where are you holding resistance? Perhaps in your body? Perhaps you are blocking energy that needs to be released and perhaps it is in relation to something you are resisting? Are you being asked from within, from your higher self to innovate or create a new way of managing your life? Perhaps your problems, or responsibilities or the way you view what is occurring around you needs to shift. Consider introducing something new. For

Ep #288 - Empowered & Reckless Love - A Re-airing of a solo show from October of 2021 with your host Susan Burrell I was recently perusing my library of podcasts and exploring some of my past shows and I came across this one, which is entitled, "Empowered & Reckless Love."  Much of what I share in this podcast still holds true today. Perhaps even more so. I feel this message is timeless and many years from now it will still hold true for me, and perhaps for you too. In this chat I talk about loving yourself and going deep into the well of your being to accept yourself exactly as you are. This show first aired in October of 2021.   In this solo episode of Empowering Chats entitled, Empowered and Reckless Love, I question what it means to have low esteem and how we can find our way to empowerment by recklessly exploring the love we carry inside of ourselves. I think it’s about emptying out all the love we carry inside so that we can be filled again with love. While preparing for this episode I leaned in

Ep# 287 - What is Your Soul Contract? An Interview with Akashic Records Reader and Mentor Nimesh Radia.   We are sitting in an extraordinary place in time and history. There is so much information flooding the planet. My guest for this episode of Empowering Chats is Nimesh Radia. He is a seasoned spiritual coach and mentor dedicated to helping people unlock their true potential and live a purposeful life. He does this by using the Akashic Records to gain insight into your personal journey. We had a fascinating and enlightening conversation. So, what are the Akashic Records? It is a record of everything your soul has been through. Past life, present life, future life. And according to Nimish we all have access to these records. Nimesh is a trained Akashic Record Reader with over 25 years of mentoring experience. He channels messages that are specific to an individual and these messages come through the Akashic Records and an individual’s spirit guides.  It is clear that what comes through with Nimesh as your g

Ep #286 - A Most Extraordinary Life. An Interview with author and energy healer, Liliane Fortna. I am so honored and thrilled to welcome Liliane Fortna to Empowering Chats. Liliane is the author of the book, Winks from Above, Opening up to Signs and Synchronicities to Receive Little Miracles Each Day. We jumped right into this chat exploring where the signs and synchronicities come from. Liliane says they are all around us. Always. Which I believe too. However even though the signs are there we often don’t see them. Why? Because as Liliane puts it, we aren’t always paying attention or we become blocked. It’s about accessing our intuition and seeing beyond the veil, where the archangels reside, where our ancestors reside and where our spirit guides reside. As humans I believe we always want to feel safe. And in seeking that safety we find ways to block ourselves from that which brings on fear or the unknown. According to Liliane, by doing that we make the veil thicker and bigger to the point that we cannot see

Ep. #285 - Time to Tune Up & Tune In - A Solo Show with Susan Burrell Tenacity is the theme for the month of August. There are many words to define what tenacity means. Including, courage, persistence, determination, grit and so many more. In this solo episode I explore what tenacity means for me personally and globally for all of us. I believe we are all being called to experience and feel Tenacity on a deep, deep level. The month of August promises to be energetically raucous as we enter into a new moon cycle. August will also host Mercury in Retrograde for most of the month. And we are also in the Lion’s Gate Portal which is a very powerful time of vibrational alignment. I believe we are all aligning to a higher frequency of Love. It is time for us to listen deeply to each other, to our inner authority and to tune up and tune in to all that is occurring within our own hearts. Our brilliance, our light and our love, is lifting all of humanity to a higher frequency. It is time to listen to the wisdom of

Ep- #284 - The Magic of a Witchpreneur - An Interview with Julie Foucht. I am delighted and honored to welcome Julie Foucht to Empowering Chats. Julie calls herself a Witchpreneur and hosts a podcast called, The Art of Feminine Business. In 2000, Julie Foucht left a 20-year abusive relationship feeling lost and broken. As a partner in her husband’s construction company, she left both her marriage and her income. She had stayed because she believed she couldn’t make enough money to support her 4 children, but was determined to find a way to create the life she dreamed of. She dove into personal development and started her study of the Energy of Money. She quickly realized that her purpose on the planet was to get more money in the hands of more women. Her business has been through many irrorations in the last 20 plus years. It started as: Life Tools Training, then morphed to Kick-Ass Biz Coaching and finally landed on The Art of Feminine Marketing and the Art of Feminine Business. In this realm she is more tha

Ep#283 – Transcend into Your Light - A Solo Show with Susan Burrell This episode of Empowering Chats with Susan Burrell is a rebroadcast of a solo show that ran in September of 2023. And I have chosen to re-air to illuminate once again the message of living a life of creative and imagined possibilities and leading with light.  With all of the fear and uncertainty coming at us I think it’s important to remind ourselves of all the love and light that exists despite what appears on the surface. And so, join me in discovering how you can lead with your light and how your imagination and creativity can help you achieve your potential. I open up this episode by asking the following questions: What does it mean to imagine all possibilities for our lives? Can we resolve difficulties using our imagination?  I explore what it means to bring Imagination into our daily lives. And all the possibilities available to us when we step into imagining all that we can be. Are you ready to step into all that you can be? And imag

Ep #282 - What Is Your Soul Blueprint? An interview with author, Kris Franken I am thrilled to welcome my stellar guest, Kris Franken to Empowering Chats. She is an author, mentor and healer. Her latest book is entitled, Wildhearted Purpose. Embrace Your Unique Calling and the Unmapped Path of Authenticity. This interview first aired on Empowering Chats in May of 2023. And fits in well with this month’s theme, Elevate. In fact, chapter one of Kris’s book opens with the following quote:   “It is in our nature as humans to seek happiness and pleasure in our lives. When this is healthy and balanced these inner states are clear indicators that we’re connected to our truth, but without meaning we lose our balance and sense of purpose, as you initiate your vision, meaning will bring depth into the picture as pleasure brings elevation.” According to Kris, balance and meaning brings us into our truth and can help elevate us to new heights . This is a powerful statement and a theme that flows throughout Kris’s book, W

Ep#281 - Messages of Hope, an interview with co-interviewer, John Thomas about the book, Channeled Messages of Hope. My guest for this episode of Empowering Chats, is John Thomas. He is part of  collective that has written a book called, Channeled Messages of Hope. This book was channeled by souls whom when embodied on this earth did some amazing work.  And now their messages of hope are being channeled from the unseen side and shared in this book. I am honored to welcome John Thomas. In this chat, John shares how Channeled Messages of Hope came to be. His wife Caroline, was called to work with Sam Clemens, a channeler. He and Caroline have been friends for a long time. Caroline realized she could be the interviewer of the channeled souls that were coming through Sam. Together they figured out they could channel the high vibrational messages. And so, a plan was made to channel the souls of those that have crossed over to deliver messages of hope to earth about climate change and environmental policies. But i

Ep#280 - Reaching Toward Your Higher Wisdom. An interview with author, channeler and ascended teacher, Caroline Oceana Ryan Personal note to all of the listeners of Empowering Chats: This episode will elevate you to a new way of seeing and perhaps living your life.  I know I have been elevated through this conversation with my guest, Caroline Oceana Ryan. Caroline is an author, a channeler and an Ascension Teacher. She speaks truth to me and I think she will speak truth to many of you as well. According to Caroline, we are entering into a whole new field of possibilities and potential, and it all has to do with our predominant vibration. And how we chose to live with our personal vibration. We are being forced to look inward, to wake up to what is showing up in our lives. Many of us are being challenged to change or shift the way we have been living. And sometimes it feels like the overwhelming push to negative response has increased. Many of us are also experiencing the detoxing of the body which can illumin

Ep#279 - Elevate and Rise Up, A Solo Show with your host, Susan Burrell As we enter into the month of June, 2024 I am reminded of our theme for the year, Potential and also of our theme for this month. Elevate. Are we ready to rise up? To reach above our “normal” level? I believe it is time for us to Expand and continue our 2024 journey into our potential and elevate our inner consciousness. The idea of being elevated and rising up to a new level brings me joy. I believe many of us are being called into our full potential and are rising to the challenge. We are in a new era of moving from a 3-D living experience of materialism to an elevated level of what is being called 5-D living. Yes, we are still on this planet and grounded in Mother Earth but I believe we are also in an elevated space of consciousness. We are being given a new opening, a new way of being. And yes, old patterns are breaking up and falling apart. We are experiencing and seeing what looks like chaos. And it is chaos, it feels crazy at tim

Ep#278 - Art as A Mindfulness Practice, An Interview with Artist and Sound Healer, Lida Martin I am thrilled to welcome my dear friend Lida Martin to Empowering Chats. I first met Lida Martin many years ago at one of her art shows where she was displaying her watercolor paintings. Lida is a watercolor artist and she is passionate about life and creative expression. She strives to live her life from a mindful place, giving herself the freedom and the time to explore and nurture those things that bring her joy. In this inspiring chat we dip into ways we can all access our own exceptional creativity. Lida talks about how we are all artists on the inside – the trick is allowing ourselves to be like children and to play freely with our talent, without allowing the inner critic to judge all that we do. Easier said than done – but according to Lida it is possible. It’s about turning off the chatter, being curious and giving ourselves permission to exhibit our own unique artistry.  According to Lida when life overwhe

Ep#277 - Finding Beauty in Times of Crisis, An Interview with artist and practitioner of psychology, Dr. Laura Basha   I am thrilled to welcome artist, and practitioner of psychology, Dr. Laura Basha to Empowering Chats. This is Laura’s second visit to my podcast. We had such a lovely connection the first time around that I just had to have her back. In this transcendent and inspirational conversation, we talked about Beauty. Beauty in the time of global crisis. We are in a transition point in human consciousness. Laura believes, and I agree with her that the awakening of our collective humanity is all about being present to all of what is occurring. It is about seeing the good, the bad and the ugly. And doing this without judgment. And Laura believes it is doable. This is where the real work begins. The creative process became the gateway for Laura to become more peaceful and to experience freedom from the fearful thoughts and conditions she was living. Laura’s childhood was challenging so she turned to art

Ep#276 - Steward of Inspiration, An Interview with Poet, James Anthony Ellis Welcome everyone to Empowering Chats. In this episode we have a fun and inspirational conversation with poet, James Anthony Ellis.  I entered into this chat with the curiosity of an enthusiastic young child opening a present.  In this case the present is Jim’s latest book entitled, Breadcrumbs Volume 2: Poems and Prose Found Along the Sacred Path.   Jim is a writer, a documentarian and a poet. I opened this chat by asking Jim, Why Poetry? You came from a journalism background so when or how did poetry become part of your self-expression? He responded by saying that he had recently asked himself that same question. The first poem he remembers writing was at the age of 10. And it was entitled, “The Clock of My Life.”  And it was Jim’s first experience of having a big discovery moment where he responded to what he had written with a resounding, “Whoa look at that!” And this is where the unveiling of something bigger than him came throug

Ep#275 - Transcend Into Your Talent - A Solo Show with your Host Susan Burrell This is the year of BE Potential on Empowering Chats. 2024 is all about reaching for and accessing our Potential. And for the month of May we will be exploring the “T” in Potential. Talent. Our collective talent and our individual talent. How do we transcend and explore our many talents? How do we choose to live our life in community and individually? I encourage you to take a listen to this episode and explore with me where your talents might lie. You may be surprised to see what comes up. I encourage you to stay curious and allow yourself to transcend to your higher potential.  This place I am talking about requires deep listening and transcending beyond our own ego to allow for the essence of our being to show up. And doing something  artistic could be a way of opening a door to our gifts, our talents. It’s all about going within and listening and then having the courage to put action behind those thoughts. To learn more about h

Ep# 274 - Healing Through Integration, An Interview with Holistic healer and and Author Judy Tsafrir When I picked up this book, by the amazing and profound Judy Tsafrir, I was immediately taken by the title, Sacred Psychiatry. Judy is a holistic healer with a private psychiatry and psychoanalysis practice in Newton, Massachusetts. She is on the leading edge of consciousness and I am so grateful to have her here to share her story and her book with Empowering Chats. I opened this interview by asking Judy the questions: Why this title? How did it come about? Because personally, I have never seen psychiatry as sacred. Judy responded to my question by stating that traditional psychiatry is not sacred, it is conventionally practiced. It has completely lost touch with the part of that word “psyche” which has to do with our soul. She goes on to share that modern medicine has also lost the connection to the psyche and the soul. It is now based on scientific materialism and has no sense of the sacred. And the role th

Ep# 273 - The Inner Frontier, An Interview with Intuitive Teacher and Author Kim Chestney   I am so excited to welcome Kim Chestney to Empowering Chats once again. She first graced the airwaves with me back in 2021. Kim is an intuitive teacher and an author. Her latest book, The Illumination Code, Discover the Magic of the Universe is chock full of information about quantum intelligence and how we can get back into tapping into our intuition. It is set-up in a way that is easy to follow. Kim also outlines the 7 keys to unlock your quantum intelligence. Kim talks about the invisible field of energy that we cannot see but can most definitely feel – it is what connects all of us. This field is accessible to us through our intuition. This invisible energy that holds these codes can only be read and understood through our intuition.  Our thinking minds cannot make sense of it, it must be felt through the pathways of our intuition. Kim and I  both understand that the new frontier is really the inner frontier. It’s

Ep# 272 - Restoring Balance in Our Lives - An Interview with Healer and Author, Dr. Christopher Macklin We are in for a wild ride everyone. I have an amazing light leader and incredible man by the name of Dr. Christopher Macklin on Empowering Chats today.  He is a healer and an author. His most recent book is called “Centering the Mind.” Christopher’s book came out in 2019 right before lock down and the pandemic. I remember praying and hoping that people would take this time of lockdown to look within and change their lives. And instead, we came out of this pandemic with more chronic stress and it is now creating havoc. Christopher recognized that the lockdown created so much separation with family, with society and it has divided people greatly. A lot of anger has been created as well. It is apparent the collective energy is affecting all of us. Christopher explains how as individuals and as a collective society we must become aware of the energy we are feeling. We must learn to identify our personal energy